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From: alek@spatial.com ( Alek O. Komarnitsky )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: HP NFS inadaquatcies ( was: HP-720 vs IBM-320 vs Sparc2)
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.133356.14253@spatial.com>
Date: 19 Jun 91 13:33:56 GMT
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In article <1730103@hpcndm.CND.HP.COM> dlr@hpcndm.CND.HP.COM (Dominic Ruffatto) writes:
>
[An included comment from another poster]
>> How about the ability to export sub-directories only.  Not
>> complete file systems.
>
[An included comment from yours truly]
>> My apologies if I've totally missed this one, but how about some options
>> in the exports file?  Specifically:   -root=hostname...   (and -ro).
>> My current solution is using adb to map nobody to 0 in /hp-ux at
>> boot time, but that's not desireable for obvious reasons.
>
>These two features are part of the SunOS 4.0 version of NFS.  I agree that
>they are useful features that I personally would use if they were made 
>available.  Remeber the elusive cut line that you keep hearing about?  Well, 
>4.0 enhancements are another victim of the cut line.  I am not defending the 
>cut line just stating what happened.  
>
>The NFS responsibility has moved on to another group.  Their organization is
>better positioned to add enhancements such as these.  I will pass your requests
>on to them hopefully they will have the bandwidth to work on these features.

Let me first say that I've been impressed by the comments by the HP technical
staff to a number of postings.  However, I'm disappointed that the mktg people
do not take more of an active role in the Net - it would be a great place to
get feedback on future features, etc. I suspect a number of them do read News,
but remember that communication is a two way street.

Having said that, let me add to the above thread that I would really (!)
like to see HP come up to snuff on NFS. I realize that it's a 
product trademarked by those upstarts in Mt View, and that NFS may not be
the greatest protocol around. However, it is an absolute KEY part of a 
hetergeneous UNIX network. BTW, we are currently trying to track down a NFS
problem from our Apollo (apollings?) to our HP's - doesn't happen to the Sun's!

I think very highly of HP, and am writing this in hope that others need
a full-up NFS on HP's & Apollo's, and that HP management will move it to
the RIGHT side of the "cut line."

Alek Komarnitsky                                      303-449-0649
Software Tools Manager, Spatial Technology, Inc.      2425 55th Street, Bldg A
alek@spatial.com                                      Boulder, CO 80301-5704

P.S. Hey, a vendor supplied automounter would be another radical idea!  :-)
     But I can get by with  amd  until the above problems are fixed.